Nature has a way of surprising us. Just when you think that you have seen everything, something or the other comes up to prove us wrong; like the birth of a white Kangaroo. Did you ever think that you would hear about a kangaroo that's white? Well here you go.
Visitors to New York's Animal Adventure Park will soon be able to see one rare animal - a white fur kangaroo. The zoo announced through a post on social media on Friday, that a kangaroo gave birth to a joey with all-white fur.
A few months ago, a white joey was born to a red kangaroo. Its "extremely rare" white colour was only discovered when it was recently removed from the mother's pouch by workers, for a complete inspection.
'This is not your standard red kangaroo!' Animal Adventure Park wrote in a Facebook post that has gone viral. 'Red kangaroos are born the size of your thumbnail, and do much of their development in mom's pouch, outside of the womb. At the age of approximately 4-5 months, we do our first full "pull", removing baby from mom's pouch for a full inspection and medical review, and then return the joey to mom's pouch for her to raise'.
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Their Friday inspection confirmed that the joey born with white fur was born to a red kangaroo named Rosie.
The white kangaroo is possibly a leucistic male joey, according to the zoo.?
A partial lack of pigmentation, leucism, is distinct from albinism. The zoo claims that because its eyes are black and it's 'not your normally anticipated red-eyed albino mutation'; this joey is leucistic.
'We are not aware of any leucistic red kangaroo in the United States; proving just how rare this occurrence is!' the zoo wrote.
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On social media, where the post has gained over 25,000 'likes' and over 2,400 comments, the announcement generated great excitement.?One user commented, 'Congratulations, I am so happy to see this little fellow be in a place where he can be respected and treated with care while educating others'.
What do you think of this white fur joey?